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Russia uses Iran as base to bomb Syrian militants for first time
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia used Iran as a base from which to launch air strikes against Syrian militants for the first time on Tuesday, widening its air campaign in Syria and deepening its involvement...
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'A pretty big deal': With Iran's help, Russia's air campaign in Syria is...
Russia has begun using an Iranian air base to launch airstrikes against rebel groups and militants inside Syria, the Russian defense ministry confirmed on Tuesday.It is the first time since Moscow...
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Russia and Syria are using brutal vacuum bombs against rebel forces — and...
Imagine taking a deep breath then submerging yourself in water.Then imagine having all of the oxygen forced instantaneously from your body. Try to inhale again.But instead of cold water filling your...
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ISIS recruits know nearly nothing about Islam
Islamic State recruits who joined the group in Syria knew very little about Islam, according to documents found in a former Islamic State stronghold in Syria and provided to the Associated Press.After...
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Russian bombers are flying out of Iran to bomb Syrian militants for the...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian SU-34 bombers based at Iran's Hamadan air base on Wednesday carried out strikes on Islamic State targets inside Syria for a second day, the Interfax news agency quoted...
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The critical difference between Russian and US airstrikes
On August 16, Russia launched the first airstrikes in Syria from Hamedan Air Base in Iran.The next day, they released video of it, which highlights important differences between Russian and US or...
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Why is there no war crimes tribunal for Syria?
It’s an oddity of human history that the worst atrocities committed by men against their fellow men (and women) repeat themselves. Everyone agrees that intentionally killing civilians is wrong, and...
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Everyone needs to see this heartbreaking video of a little boy in Aleppo...
Every now and then, images that can’t be ignored emerge from places where suffering is all that seems to occupy a daily life.Today, it's Omran's turn. He's 5 and has just been pulled from the rubble of...
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Syrian warplanes bomb Kurdish-held parts of the city of Hasaka for the first...
Syrian government warplanes bombed Kurdish-held areas of the northeastern city of Hasaka on Thursday for the first time in the five-year-old civil war, the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia and a monitoring...
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Watch a US-led coalition airstrike wipe out an ISIS fighting position in...
US-led coalition airstrikes in Iraq and Syria continued throughout July as a part of Operation Inherent Resolve, with bombing runs taking place in northern Syria in the run up to the liberation of...
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Iran is coercing persecuted Afghan immigrants into fighting 'as cannon...
Afghanistan's Hazara minority have a proud lineage, supposedly dating back to Genghis Khan, but a recent piece from Ramin Mostaghim and Nabih Bulos in the LA Times claims that they are fleeing...
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Syria 'is being swallowed whole by its clients': Assad may be losing control...
Pro-regime militias that have thrived amid the chaos of Syria's five-year civil war are becoming increasingly powerful and prone to warlordism as the state rapidly loses its ability to reign them in,...
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China's military may take big steps to support Assad's regime in Syria
A few years ago, relatively early on in the war against ISIS, I was smuggled into Northern Syria along a PKK re-supply route. Taking a small inflatable boat across the river which acted as the border...
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Singapore detains two 'Syria-bound militants' without trial
Two Singaporeans who the government says intended to travel to Syria to fight for Islamic State have been detained under a colonial-era law that allows suspects to be held without trial.Singapore has...
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This cartoon illustrates the impossible choice facing Syria's children
Editor's Note: This story contains images that may be disturbing to some readers. Discretion is advised.As Syria's civil war drags on into its fifth year, families are faced with an impossible choice —...
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This is what ISIS' 'human shield' looked like during their retreat
Images released by Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a US-backed rebel group, reveal the latest tactic from Islamic State militants as they start losing territory.Realizing that the SDF was gaining...
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ISIS is losing territory on all fronts — here's what the group leaves behind
There's no question that ISIS forces are losing ground in territories in Syria and Iraq— after making so many enemies from several countries and across numerous ethnic lines, the group might have bit...
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The world reacts to a powerful image of a wounded Syrian boy
Editor's note: The images and video in this article may be upsetting to some readers.A powerful image of a wounded Syrian boy sitting in an ambulance, covered in blood and dust after an air strike in...
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These heartbreaking photos show how children bear the brunt of Syria’s bloody...
While Syria is embroiled in a violent civil war, millions of civilians have been displaced, injured, and killed in the crossfire. But perhaps the most staggering costs of the war have been borne by...
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The brother of the Syrian boy pictured in Aleppo died of his wounds
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The older brother of a Syrian boy whose image, dazed and bloodied after an air strike, shocked people around the world, has died in Aleppo from wounds sustained in the same incident,...
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